Try to stay engaged in combat, dropping shields when flux is high but continuing to fight. Low Tech ships are able to get away with dropping shields mid-combat or even venting while in combat. Low Tech ships tend to have a redish hue, high armor & hull, mostly ballistic weapons, slow and have average to bad shields Ships using Safety Overrides can be distinguished in combat by their distinctively different engine colors, which take on a harsh white glow. The massive boost to flux dissipation can enable High Tech ships to cycle a brutal rate of damage. The massive speed boost can enable Low Tech ships to catch up to practically everything. Safety Overrides needs special attention as it can drastically alter a ship from the norms of its tech.

A Ship's tech being low tech or high tech does not affect whatever or not the ships themselves are good or not. They all use the same mechanics but differences in stats or specific ship features incentivize them to be used in different ways. Starsector features different ship techs that generally operate fairly differently from each other. However you could use some of those caps instead for hullmods to give a boost to your ships stats. However this is reversed for phase ships where you should always max out your caps first then your vents. A general rule is to max out vent first then cap. Your weapon flux generally shouldn't go beyond double your ship's flux dissipation.Īfter putting guns on your ship, you will usually have leftover OP for cap and vent.

Make sure your guns don't cost too much in flux, so your ship can have room to use their shields to take hits without the weapons using up all their flux. Note that point defense weapons doesn't need this as much. Make sure your guns range are either the same range or have a small gap, it's not a good idea to have a ship whose main guns has long range but the rest of their guns are very short range, you generally want your guns to have a small as possible range gap. Here are some tips it comes to making your own fits: You should eventually learn to fit ships on your own and not rely on autofitting every ship. However it should be noted that autofit makes some very questionable decisions when it comes to certain ships. Once you get a feel for it try modifying. Often when you get ships they come with no weapons and without some experience, setting them up yourself does not end well so a good idea is to press the autofit button on the refit screen, pick a style and try that. Other notes Autofit/Fitting Together Ships

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